86 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



by shops, warehouses, offices, &c, and the 

 middle by the tradesmen or servants. 



Puebla de los Angeles contains sixty 

 churches, nine monasteries, thirteen nun- 

 neries, and twenty-three colleges, the minute 

 description of which might occupy volumes, 

 and yet leave much undescribed. They are 

 the most sumptuous I have ever seen. Those 

 of Milan, Genoa, and Rome, are built in 

 better taste, but, in expensive interior deco- 

 rations, the quantity and value of the orna- 

 ments of the altar, and the richness of the 

 vestments, are far surpassed by the churches 

 of Puebla and of Mexico. 



In a hurried and general work, such as I 

 have undertaken, it would be impossible as 

 well as inconsistent to enter into minute 

 details of the history, architecture, &c. of 

 each particular church ; and, indeed, I confess 

 my incompetency for the task, which probably 

 the generality of my readers may not regret. 



